Winchester cathedral in Hampshire,
The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Swithun, commonly known as Winchester Cathedral, is the cathedral of the city of Winchester, England, and is among the largest of its kind in Northern Europe.
The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Winchester and is the mother church for the ancient Diocese of Winchester. It is run by a dean and chapter, under the Dean of Winchester.
A gorgeous place to visit on any day, can be very very busy so be mindful of that, parking can be a bit of a nightmare too but I wouldn’t be put off by that, TOAL is very very limited unless you have a sub 250g drone, permission may be able to be obtained to fly within the grounds by emailing the cathedral your reasons for doing so with time & date, a conversation I had with the admin there they said this should not be a problem but please check first or TOAL off the premises as I did on this occasion, TOAL was just at the side of college walk where a path meets a small meadow, check for hazards too.
The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 21/12/2022. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location.
Hi everyone: I like to get some aerial photos of Winchester cathedral in Hampshire … check on drone assist and airspace seems ok . But where to take -off safely ?? Looking on O/S map seems St Giles hill best spot, but not sure it public ? or it on N.T land ? As there NT City Mill nearby …
Using DJI 249g Mavic Mini pro 3
Any suggestions on this be well appreciated
Thank you. Steve .
Trees on the town side seriously limit a view to maintain VLOS, but after take-off you can move to a lower position with a view between the trees, with only brief loss of VLOS.
I’ve used for TOAL s few years ago … but, like so many places these days, there may now be signs around it saying no drones.
One thing I did suffer from there was connection issues - probably a high density of WiFi shit in the town.
Thank you for that At this time of year I presume that some of the trees now be leafless hoping to get VLOS as am only just to get photo or two of the whole cathedral
Thanks … hoping to go few days time as the weather nice and calm… as I be high up what the best hight for RTH , as I may lower my drone for pics I mostly have 80m RTH …
In October I took a walk up St Catherines Hill in Winchester, there’s a free (but small) car park at the bottom, it’s a nice open public space, no sign of any restrictions, it gives some good views over the city.
This might suit your purpose, but you will enjoy the walk anyway. I walked up in the rain, so the views were not brilliant that day !
I was at St Catherine Hill about this last year .
Took a oribit around the hill I was just outside the CRZ of Southampton airport and nearby aerodrome but it was bit to far for Winchester cathedral. (Per Mavic Air 2s. )
As I mentioned previously I’m certain the grounds around the cathedral are owned by the diocese therefore you’re going to attract unwanted attention pretty quickly.
I was fortunate to be granted permission to fly at Winchester Cathedral recently to perform a roof survey and of one of the buildings on site and an inside window inspection of the cathedral. I flew a Mavic 3E outside as well as a Mini 4 Pro and the Mini4 Pro I flew inside the cathedral, no GPS inside! I didn’t have any interference issues around the cathedral site. Here is an aerial shot of the inside of Winchester Cathedral after I finished the survey.
which I love. ( looks like Parma cheese )
